Exam 3: Antiquity 323 Bce-1000 Ce

Which of the following cartoon conventions illustrates the psychological theory embodied in early medieval plays of psychomachia? Using:

In discussing how the ancient Greeks and Romans differed from our conception of the individual the author of the textbook states, "The rational mind of each person thus knows another person only as essence- humanness- not as an individual defined by the characteristics that make each person unique". Explain how this "Neoplatonism Zeitgeist" of universals and not individuals was reflected in a medieval person's legal status, work, social roles, religion and morality etc.

Match. Find the best match for the following: -Leaders are born and they are expected to act like leaders

Describe the growth of the idea of the individual in medieval literature and philosophy. Do you think medieval people "discovered" or "constructed" the idea of the individual?

Match the philosophical movement to a recipe for ataraxia. -Neoplatonism

What evidence is there to support the claim that during the Middle Ages the modern conception of the individual began to develop? Why did it not arise earlier?

Describe how many of the plays written and performed from late antiquity through the middle ages demonstrate the idea of the "mind without" and show how different our conceptualization of the individual is different today.

According to the Medieval philosopher-physicians such as Ibn-Sina, the only mental function which was not to be explained in terms of physiological processes was:

Which of the following philosophers lived like a "Dog", (i.e. outside social conventions) and proclaimed himself to be "a citizen of the world"?

Match the philosophical movement to a recipe for ataraxia. -Cynicism

Match. Find the best match for the following: -Feelings of compassion, empathy and mercy for the suffering of another person that is not related to oneself.

Because its functions were carried out by refined animal spirits, the mental faculty of __________ marks the transition from the material to the spiritual world in medieval faculty psychology.

Match. Find the best match for the following: -One's born legal status and social position define how others treat you more than your individual personality.

Any student today with interests in logic, computation, cognitive psychology and decision making, owes a debt of gratitude to the Greek school of philosophy known as ___________.

One example of a Hellenistic philosophy that nearly became a religion and let to Plato's ideas dominating the middle ages was:

Identifying Aristotle's concept of mind with the Christian soul presented difficulties, because unlike the Christian soul, mind:

An important step toward scientific psychology taken by the Islamic faculty psychologists was their:

The Islamic physician-philosophers were the first thinkers to propose that:

The ideals of courtly love were inconsistent with the values of the earlier Middle Ages because:

How did animal and human motivation differ according to both Islamic faculty psychology and Christian faculty psychology?